MONTREAL, Nov. 23, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - On November 25, 2015, some 500 corporate employees will take up the 18th annual RBC Challengefor Centraide, a relay race in which 10-person teams strive to reach the top of Place Ville Marie in record time.

They will compete against high performance athletes in an attempt to beat the standing record, established last year, by racing up the 1,000 steps of the tower's 41 flights of stairs in less than 2 minutes 38 seconds.

Entrance off Robert-Bourassa Boulevard (formerly University Street). Assemblypoint on main floor, south side.

Timetable:

11:30 a.m.:

A word of welcome from Martin Thibodeau, President, Quebec Headquarters,RBC Royal Bank, and Lili-Anna Pereša, President and Executive Director ofCentraide of Greater Montreal.

11:35 a.m.:

Introduction of the athletes.

11:45 a.m.:

Announcement of the amount raised and Participants warm-up with the top athletes.

11:55 a.m.:

Positioning of the athletes and participants on the floors.

12:00 noon:

Starting signal for the race.

All the proceeds of this sporting event will be donated to Centraide Campaign 2015, which runs until the end of December, to support the work of over 350 community agencies that help one in seven people in Greater Montreal.